Colloquium series on the fundamental questions of life
A selection of topics from the past twelve years
April 6, 2014
17.30 Opening of the colloquium Klaus Wiegandt, Founder and Chairman of the Forum for Responsibility
5.45 p.m. Lecture – A view of the whole Prof. Dr. Ernst Peter Fischer, Professor of Economic History, University of Heidelberg
April 7, 2014
09.00 -10.30 – Lecture: What makes man human? Insights from the prehistoric human genome Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause Professor of Paleogenetics at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
11.00 – 12.30 – Lecture: Why do we have such an oversized brain? Evolution of language, personality and responsibility Prof. Dr. Josef H. Reichholf Professor of Ecology and Nature Conservation at the Technical University of Munich
14.30 – 16.00 – Lecture: Asteroids and comets – friends of life or enemies of mankind? Prof. Dr. Alan Harris Senior Scientist German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
April 8, 2014
09.00 – 10.30 – Lecture: The emergence of human rights Prof. Dr. Hans Joas Professor of Sociology, Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – Lecture: Moral Motives in Economic Action Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert Professor of Sociology, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIFG), Cologne
14.30 – 16.00 – Lecture: The risk paradox – reality and perception of everyday life Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn Professor of Technical and Environmental Sociology, University of Stuttgart, Chairman of the Sustainability Council of Baden-Württemberg
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
April 9, 2014
09.00 – 10.20 a.m. – Lecture: Can the ecomomy succeed? The contribution of the churches to the transformation of society Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics at the University of Munich
11.00 – 12.30 – Lecture: The culture of sustainability Ulrich Grober Journalist and author, Marl
Closing – Farewell greeting Klaus Wiegandt and Prof. Dr. Ernst P